Buckle



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HI HI Patented Dec. 25, 1 928.

GEORGE W. BROWN, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

BUCKLE.

Application filed May 25,

The object of my said invention is the provision of a buckle designed especially vfor use on suspender or overall straps such as are made of textile material, and possessed of the practical advantages hereinafter ascribed to it.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing the preferred embodiment of my invention as properly applied to a textile strap.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an edge elevaton of the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2, said Figure 3 being taken from a viewpoint at the right of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical central section of the said construction taken on the plane indicated by the line 44 of Figure 1, looking toward the left.

Figure 5 is 21 pers ective of my novel buckle per se on an eniarged scale.

Figures 6 and 7 are views showing the use and the efficiency of my novel buckle when the textile strap is incorrectly threaded.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 5 to which reference will first be made. I

At 1 is a strap of textile material such as usually employed as a shoulder strap in overalls, and my novel buckle renders it feasible to employ a thin strap.

By particular reference to Figure '5, and by comparison of said figure with Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, it will be noted that my novel buckle is formed of appropriate wire and is made up of a rectangular body member, a rectangular clamping member, and a pendent loop member. The rectangular body member is defined by a lower bar 1, an upper bar 2, and side bars 3, each of the side bars having at an intermediate point in its length an eye 4. The rectangular clamping member is defined by a lower bar 5, a top bar 6, and side bars 7. It will here be noted that the lower bar 5 of the rectangularclamping member is journaled in the eyes 4 of the body member so that the rectangular clamping member, generally speaking, is disposed in a vertical plane in front of that of the body member, Figures 3 and 4. The pendent loop member is defined by a loop shapedtab 8, arms 9 that reach in opposite directions from the ends buckle on the strap.

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of the loop shaped tab, and upright terminal portions 10 which reach upwardly from the outer ends of the arms 9 and are provided with eyes 11, the latter loosely receiving the lower bar 1 of the body member so that the pendent loop member is free to swing on said lower bar 1 of the rectangular body member.

From Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, it will be readily understood how the strap 1 is correctly threaded through my novel buckle, the

said strap 1 being carried through the rec-' downwardly to a point below the tab 8 of the pendent loop member.

By v1rtue of the buckle construction specifically described, it will be not-edthat. when the strap 1 is threaded as set forth, gravitational slipping will be prevented when there is no pull on the strap, and the strap will be permitted to hang in a. straight state,

while overalls are in stock, as is desired by dealers. I v v s It will also be understood that the construction and arrangement alluded to will assist in preventing unt-hreadin'g of the buckle when overalls are laundered with the It will also be noted that the relative arrangement and connection of the pendent loop member permits of the number of pas ages of the strap through the buckle being increased,and that when the pendent loop member is folded back or upwardly and back against the body member, the strap may be expeditiously passed from rear to front through both the body memher and the pendent loop member.

The pendent loop member is made shallow or short as illustrated in order that the buckle may be placed close to an overall bib when desired, and in this connection it will be understood that when it is desired to button the loop member,-t-he said member is tilted upwardly to a slight extent so as to enable a button to slip readily into the loop member, and when it is desired to unbutton the loop member, the same is folded back against the body member whereupon slight pressure of the finger will bring about release of a button from the loop member. I would also have it understood that a button will not be casually released from the pendent loop member except when said member is folded and the loop member is positioned in front of the body member, and manifestly the pendent loop member is not liable to assume such position when the strap and buckle are in use.

The capacity of the pendent loop member to swing back into a position in front of the body member is also advantageous because it renders it feasible to make the buckle as a whole shallow or short so that the buckle is less liable to be bent out of shape incident to laundering. While my novel buckle is capable of withstanding rough usage as in laundering. I desire it distinctly understood that the buckle is especially designed for expeditious and easy removal from the straps before laundering, and is adapted to be as.

readily applied to the strap in the manner shown in Figures 1 to 4: after laundering.

The buckle illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 is identical in construction with that shown in Figures 1 to 5, and Figures 6 and 7 are intended to merely make patent the fact that the buckle will serve efficiently even when the strap is incorrectly threaded through the buckle, or in other words the strap is not threaded to the best advantage through the buckle.

In addition to the practical advantages ascribed to my novel buckle, it will be noted that the buckle is simple and inexpensive in construction, and in general is well adapted to withstand the usage to which buckles such as employed on overall shoulder straps are ordinarily subjected.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of partsembraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction shown, my invention being defined by my appended clain'is within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letter. Patent is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a buckle having an open rectangular body member, with intcrnledialo eyes at the sides thereof, an open rectangular clamping mem her having a lower bar journalcd in said eyes of the body member, and a pendent loop member including a loop shaped tab, arms reaching laterally in opposite directions from the ends of said tab, and upright portions reaching from the outer ends of: said arms and terminating in eyes loosely receiving the lower bar of the body member whereby said pendent loop member is pivotally connected to the body member.

2. A buckle made up of a rectangular body open throughout its height, a rectangular open clamping member having a lower bar pivotally connected to the sides of the body member at intermediate points in the length of said sides and in front thereof, and a pendent loop member having outwardly and upwardly extending portions hingcdly con nected at their upper ends to the lower bar of the body member; said clamping member and pendent loop member swingable independently of each other.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE V. BROWN. 

